press agent

or pressagent

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noun

a person employed to promote the interests of an individual, organization, etc., by obtaining favorable publicity through advertisements, mentions in columns, and the like.

Origin of press agent

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby press agent

presphygmic, presphygmic interval, Presque Isle, press, press agency, press agent, press-agentry, press association, press-back, press baron, press bed

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Example sentences from the Web for press agent

It is amazing how gullibly the public bites at the press-agent's worm.
My Actor-Husband|Anonymous
He wished that he, too, like the Press-agent, could go about the place "slipping things over" and "putting things across."
Indiscretions of Archie|P. G. Wodehouse
Half a block north, laughing groups testified that the comedy they had just left had been as funny as its press-agent claimed.
The Best Short Stories of 1920|Various
For a woman with money and the press-agent type of mind it is not a difficult thing to accomplish.
American Adventures|Julian Street

He had been a newspaper reporter, a press-agent, and an actor in vaudeville and in a moving-picture company.
The Red Cross Girl|Richard Harding Davis

British Dictionary definitions for press agent

press agent

noun

a person employed to obtain favourable publicity, such as notices in newspapers, for an organization, actor, etcAbbreviation: PA

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单词	press agent
释义	press agent or pressagent SEE SYNONYMS FOR press agent ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person employed to promote the interests of an individual, organization, etc., by obtaining favorable publicity through advertisements, mentions in columns, and the like. Origin of press agent First recorded in 1880–85 Words nearby press agent presphygmic, presphygmic interval, Presque Isle, press, press agency, press agent, press-agentry, press association, press-back, press baron, press bed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for press agent It is amazing how gullibly the public bites at the press-agent's worm. My Actor-Husband\|Anonymous He wished that he, too, like the Press-agent, could go about the place "slipping things over" and "putting things across." Indiscretions of Archie\|P. G. Wodehouse Half a block north, laughing groups testified that the comedy they had just left had been as funny as its press-agent claimed. The Best Short Stories of 1920\|Various For a woman with money and the press-agent type of mind it is not a difficult thing to accomplish. American Adventures\|Julian Street He had been a newspaper reporter, a press-agent, and an actor in vaudeville and in a moving-picture company. The Red Cross Girl\|Richard Harding Davis British Dictionary definitions for press agent press agent noun a person employed to obtain favourable publicity, such as notices in newspapers, for an organization, actor, etcAbbreviation: PA Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to press agent publicist, advance man, pa
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press agent

or pressagent

noun

Origin of press agent

Words nearby press agent

Example sentences from the Web for press agent

British Dictionary definitions for press agent

noun

Words related to press agent